Bird AlbumMozambique · Inhambane Province
Dunes de Dovela
301 species and 13,867 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, September–October and December, with up to 133 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus
Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Pied CrowCorvus albusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Panda Woodlands73 km281 species
All 301 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi
- Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Brown Scrub Robin Tychaedon signata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- White-throated Robin-Chat Dessonornis humeralis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cape Gannet Morus capensis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Spotted Ground Thrush Geokichla guttata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Short-tailed Pipit Anthus brachyurus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dunes de Dovela?
May, September–October and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 133 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dunes de Dovela?
301 species, from 13,867 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dunes de Dovela in November?
The most recorded in November: Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Common Bulbul, Black-backed Puffback, Scarlet-chested Sunbird and Bronze Mannikin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.